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Love Sweetie Podcast

This is a podcast about a woman"s life in the latter half of the 20th century named Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham (a.k.a. Sweetie). The podcast reacts to and comments on the many letters chronicling her life. Check out more information at www.lovesweetiepodcast.com. Follow Sweetie on X at @lovesweetieshow

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42:37

Episode 34: For This War-Time X-Mas

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2024/12/15

This is episode 34 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features four letters from November and December 1944. Two of the four letters were written by Sweetie from Hutchinson, Kansas, and the other two letters were from Sweetie's parents, writing to her sister, Jeanne, in Lacona, Iowa. In this episode, we find out what happened to disrupt Sweetie's plans for Thanksgiving, whether or not Jeanne finally visits her sister in Hutchinson, and we hear about the plans that are...

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Episode 33: My Pen is Temperamental

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2024/12/08

This is episode 33 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from November 1944. Two of the three letters were written by Sweetie from Hutchinson, Kansas, and the other letter was written by Sweetie's husband, Lew. In this episode, Lew writes to Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., regarding some tools that Chester has sent him from Lacona, Iowa, and Sweetie and Lew hope that her sister, Jeanne, will visit them in Hutchinson, Kansas before Thanksgi...

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47:26

Episode 32: Are You Suggesting That We Have a Little...

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2024/12/01

This is episode 32 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features four letters from October and November 1944. Three of the four letters were written by Sweetie from Hutchinson, Kansas, and the other letter was written by Sweetie's mother, Laura, from Lacona, Iowa. In this episode, Sweetie hopes that her sister Jeanne will come to visit her Kansas, Lew gets a guitar, and Sweetie reviews the possibility of her and Lew having a baby in the near future. Finally, at th...

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44:08

Episode 31: The Forgotten Man of the Navy

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2024/11/24

This is episode 31 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features four letters from fall 1944. All four letters were written by Sweetie; three of the four were sent to Jeanne, and the last letter in this episode was sent to her other sister, Margaret Elizabeth Bolton. In this episode, we learn more about Sweetie's social life in Hutchinson, Kansas and we see that Sweetie and Lew are trying to find Christmas presents that they can send to her two brothers who are serving ...

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Episode 30: The Decision is Yours to Make

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2024/11/17

This is episode 30 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from early fall 1944. All three letters were written by Sweetie, and she notes both what is happening with her and Lew living in Hutchinson, Kansas, but also she advises her sister, Jeanne, on what to do with regards to Jeanne's relationship with a man named Bill. Jeanne is considering marrying Bill and seeks Sweetie's advice. Additionally, we learn a little more about Hutchinson, Kansa...

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40:31

Episode 29: Not Dead - Just Forgotten

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2024/11/10

This is episode 29 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features five letters from late summer / early fall 1944. All five letters were written by Sweetie and updates her family on what is occurring in Hutchinson, Kansas since she moved there. Sweetie writes to her family members, requesting updates from them as to what is occurring, since she and Lew are by themselves in Kansas.For more information, please go to www.lovesweetiepodcast.com. This podcast is also availabl...

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Episode 28: A Closer Race This Time Than Ever Before

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2024/11/03

This is episode 28 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features four letters from late summer 1944. The first three letters are updates from Sweetie in Hutchinson, Kansas, and she describes a new apartment that she and Lew are renting, since it seems they will be staying in that city for longer than expected. The fourth, and final letter of the episode, is from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., writing from Lacona, Iowa to his sons, Frank and Bob who are both se...

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61:22

Episode 27: At the Edge of a Corn Field

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2024/10/27

This is episode 27 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from late summer 1944. The first, and longest of the three letters is from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., writing from Lacona, Iowa. He recounts the story as to how he tried to save a man's life from drowning, and then mentions what is occurring in the summer of 1944 with regards to the Democratic National Convention of 1944. As such, we have a discussion about Harry Truman be...

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46:10

Episode 26: If He Should Be Sent to Sea and Never...

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2024/10/20

This is episode 26 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from late summer 1944 from Sweetie - two to her parents, recounting her trip to Hutchinson, Kansas, and one from Sweetie to Jeanne as she tries to help Jeanne with relationship advice.For more information, please go to www.lovesweetiepodcast.com. This podcast is also available on YouTube - please like, share, and subscribe there. Follow the Love Sweetie Podcast on X at @lovesweetieshow. Follow the Love S...

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Episode 25: Your 2 Bit Puddle Jumper Had a Flat Tire

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2024/10/13

This is episode 25 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from June and July 1944 - two from Sweetie (one from Ottumwa, Iowa, and one from Hutchinson, Kansas), and one from her mother, Laura (in Lacona, Iowa). These letters were all written after D-Day (June 6, 1944), and so some of that history is also provided. Finally, at the end, we take a look at the rail lines between Iowa and Kansas, and talk about what it was like traveling through Union Sta...

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Episode 24: Just That Much More to Remember

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2024/10/06

This is episode 24 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters, all written by Sweetie in May 1944 in Ottumwa, Iowa. In these letters, Sweetie is anticipating her and Lew's eventual departure from the city, as she realizes that Lew has been stationed at NAS Ottumwa for a long time and most other sailors who were there have already left. This episode also reviews the historic flooding in Ottumwa, Iowa that occurred in mid-May 1944.For the Iowa.gov publica...

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64:18

Episode 23: Pes Humani

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2024/09/29

This is episode 23 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters - the first from April 1944 from Dr. Chester Demaree to his son Bob about flooding in the Midwest, some family updates, and an extremely odd occurrence from an attempt he made to further study human anatomy. Then the second and third letters are from Sweetie to Jeanne in early May 1944. Sweetie updates Jeanne on a few items after Jeanne's trip to Ottumwa to visit her, and mentions there has ...

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41:15

Episode 22: The Agricolae are Behind With Their...

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2024/09/22

This is episode 22 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features three letters from spring 1944. The first two letters are from Sweetie in Ottumwa, Iowa as she plans for Jeanne to visit. She also comments on some of the bad weather that they are experiencing in April 1944. The third letter is from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D. to his son Frank (Sweetie's brother), encouraging Frank to join the Masons and we learn more about Chester as both a philosopher ...

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55:42

Episode 21: Pitching Woo Like a Couple of Smooch-Mad...

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2024/09/15

This is episode 21 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features two letters from early spring 1944. The first letter is from Sweetie to Jeanne as she tries to figure out an awkward situation as she is stuck in the middle between being Betty's confidant and Eleanor's friend. The second letter is from Sweetie to Jeanne about her social life in Ottumwa, Iowa and she gets some updates about what's going on with some of her Parsons College friends. Additionally, this ...

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62:54

Episode 20: Nice Than Any Honeymoon Could Be

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2024/09/08

This is episode 20 of the Love Sweetie Podcast! This episode features two letters from March 1944. The first letter is from Sweetie to her family and recounts her first trip to Pennsylvania (to the Philadelphia area) with Lew to meet her new in-laws. This includes her observations of Philadelphia, a day trip to the New Jersey Shore, and some information about a small trip they took from Philadelphia to New York City. In the second letter, Lew writes to Jeanne a short ...

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60:24

Bonus Episode: Naval Air Station Ottumwa: Preserving...

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2024/09/07

In this very special bonus episode of the Love Sweetie Podcast, Alison and Jamie interview their first guest - Stephen Black, President of the Friends of NAS Ottumwa. We learn about the current restoration efforts that are occurring at NAS Ottumwa from Stephen, and we learn much more about the history of the base and Naval Aviation during World War II, as well as the significance of its preservation for the future generations. Please check out more about NAS Ottumwa at www.nasottu...

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46:23

Bonus Episode: Sweetie's Wedding Album

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2024/09/02

This is the first bonus episode! In this video, Alison and Jamie review Sweetie's Wedding Album, which provides additional details on the wedding party and gifts that were received, among other information. For any who missed the wedding episode, Sweetie was married to Lew Graham on December 3, 1943 in Ottumwa, Iowa - the letters about the wedding were reviewed in Episode 14.For those listening to the audio-only version, you can follow along using the pdf of the album which is ava...

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Episode 19: Darn Socks - Darn Socks - Darn Socks

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2024/09/01

This is episode 19 of the Love Sweetie Podcast. This episode features two letters from March 1944. The first letter is from Sweetie to her parents as she prepares for her upcoming trip to Pennsylvania. In the second letter, Sweetie writes to her siblings about all of the work she has to finish before she can take the trip to Pennsylvania, including her work at NAS Ottumwa as well as at home. At the end there is a small preview of an upcoming bonus episode for the Podca...

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57:24

Episode 18: We're Going to the Shore Patrol Station,...

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2024/08/25

This is episode 18 of the Love Sweetie Podcast. This episode features two letters from February 1944. The first letter is from Sweetie to the Bolton Family about what happened when she and Lew tried to go downtown in Ottumwa, Iowa and were stopped by the U.S. Navy Shore Patrol, and the second letter is from Sweetie to her parents about her upcoming trip to Pennsylvania, including her travel arrangements, the cost of the trip, and she wonders about her first meeting with her husban...

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53:37

Episode 17: I Married An Idiot

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2024/08/18

This is episode 17 of the Love Sweetie Podcast - the first episode from 1944. This episode features four letters from early 1944. The first letter is from Sweetie's father, Dr. Chester Demaree, who is writing to his son Frank, providing both updates from his home in Lacona, Iowa, and inquiring about the activities at the front. The three other letters are all from February 1944 from Sweetie to Jeanne, detailing home life, her planning to take a trip to Philadelphia with Lew,...

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